New Guy,

Thanks for the photo and description. Later today I'll pull out some fired cases and give it a go. I've kind of been doing as you describe but will concentrate on this for a trail. It seems the forward edge of the belt is the issue.

The blades on my rifle are longer than the blades on the rifle in the photo, ie, their length constitutes a greater percentage of the circumferance of the shell. I took photos Sat, with my SLR camera and will get the film to the shop today and have them put the photos on a disk so photos should be forthcoming.

Will report back with results.

JPK